Crossword-Solution: DEFUSE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Defuse | v. t. | To disorder; to make shapeless. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DEFUSE | anagram | FEEDUS |
We have 28 clues for the answer “DEFUSE”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Calm things down | 1 answer |
| Moderate to calm | 1 answer |
| Make less tense, as a situation | 1 answer |
| Make less explosive. | 1 answer |
| Make less Tense | 1 answer |
| Make harmless, as a bomb | 1 answer |
| Make a situation less tense | 1 answer |
| Make a bomb harmless | 1 answer |
| Do a minesweeper's job | 1 answer |
| Neuter, as a bomb or a tense situation | 1 answer |
| Prevent from exploding | 1 answer |
| Remove a portfire. | 1 answer |
| Remove the tension | 1 answer |
| Render less harmful | 1 answer |
| Turn off, as a bomb | 1 answer |
| Neutralize a bomb | 2 answers |
| Make a bomb inactive | 2 answers |
| Make less dangerous | 2 answers |
| do bomb squad work | 3 answers |
| Reduce tension | 4 answers |
| Put out of shape | 6 answers |
| Render harmless | 6 answers |
| Make harmless | 6 answers |
| BECOME LESS TENSE | 11 answers |
| Deactivate | 17 answers |
| disarm | 44 answers |
| Neutralize | 58 answers |
| Easing | 65 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAEER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DEFUSE (4)
Instead its leadership went about the business of absorbing a human wave of unheard of proportions while, at the same time, trying to defuse tensions from within and from without.
The stem of the black alder of this country before mentioned as arriving to great size, is simply branching and defuse.
Together with Secretary of War Stimson, Knox had joined the cabinet in July 1940 when Roosevelt was attempting to defuse a foreign policy debate that threatened to explode during the presidential campaign.[3-4] For a major cabinet officer, Knox's powers were severely circumscribed.
Than shal he knowe, by perfyte study, The memorial arte of rethoryke defuse, It shal to him so wel exemplefy, If that him lyst, the scyence to use; Though at the fyrste it be to hym obtuse, With exercyse he shal it well augment, Under cloudes derke and termes eloquent.
Quotes with DEFUSE (3)
The metaphysical mutation that gave rise to materialism and modern science in turn spawned two great trends: rationalism and individualism. Huxley’s mistake was in having poorly evaluated the balance of power between these two. Specifically, he underestimated the growth of individualism brought about by an increased consciousness of death. Individualism gives rise to freedom, the sense of self, the need to distinguish oneself and to be superior to others. A rational society l…
The evil and negative thoughts are the time bomb. Whenever that reaches its time, it goes to explode, damaging others, and even yourself. Defuse that, with your best, and positive thoughts, before it explodes.
Working with him was sort of like trying to defuse a bomb with somebody standing behind you and every now and then clashing a pair of cymbals together. In a word, upsetting.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, WP.
Used 20 times in crossword archives (1966–2025).